Ubuntu Manpage: gbp-import-orig - Import an upstream source into a git repository

NAME

       gbp-import-orig - Import an upstream source into a git repository

SYNOPSIS

       gbp  import-orig  [  --version  ]  [  --help  ]  [  --verbose  ]  [  --color=[auto|on|off]  ]  [ --color-
       scheme=COLOR_SCHEME ] [ --upstream-version=version ] [ --[no-]merge ] [ --merge-mode=[merge|replace] ]  [
       --upstream-branch=branch_name  ]  [  --debian-branch=branch_name  ]  [  --upstream-vcs-tag=tag-format ] [
       --[no-]sign-tags  ]  [  --keyid=gpg-keyid  ]  [  --upstream-tag=tag-format  ]  [  --filter=pattern  ]   [
       --[no-]pristine-tar  ]  [  --[no-]filter-pristine-tar  ]  [  --[no-]symlink-orig ] [ --postimport=cmd ] [
       --[no-]interactive ] [ --download ] upstream-source | --uscan

DESCRIPTION

       gbp import-orig imports upstream-source into the Git repository. upstream-source can either  be  a  gzip,
       bzip2,  lzma  or  xz  compressed tar archive, a zip archive, or an already unpacked source tree. If it is
       already of the form package-name_version.orig.tar.gz, the version information is read from the  tarball's
       filename,  otherwise  it  can be given on the command line via --upstream-version.  If the source package
       name or version can't be determined, gbp import-orig will prompt for it unless --no-interactive is given.

       The sources are placed on the upstream branch (default: upstream), tagged  and  merged  onto  the  debian
       branch (default: master).

OPTIONS

--version
Print version of the program, i.e. version of the git-buildpackage suite

-v

--verbose
Verbose execution

-h

--help Print help and exit

--color=[auto|on|off]
Whether to use colored output.

--color-scheme=COLOR_SCHEME
Colors to use in output (when color is enabled). The format for COLOR_SCHEME is
'<debug>:<info>:<warning>:<error>'. Numerical values and color names are accepted, empty fields
imply the default color. For example, --git-color-scheme='cyan:34::' would show debug messages in
cyan, info messages in blue and other messages in default (i.e. warning and error messages in
red).

--upstream-version=version

-uversion
The upstream version number

--[no-]merge
Merge the upstream branch to the Debian branch after import

--merge-mode=[merge|replace]
How to fold the newly imported upstream source to the Debian packaging branch after import.

The default mode merge does a Git merge leaving you on your own in case of merge conflict
resolution.

replace mode on the other hand makes the head of the Debian packaging branch identical to the
newly imported tree but preserves the content of the debian/ directory while keeping the current
head as well as the newly important trees as parents of the generated commit. This is similar to a
theirs merge strategy while preserving debian/.

--upstream-branch=branch_name
The branch in the Git repository the upstream sources are put onto. Default is upstream.

--debian-branch=branch_name
The branch in the Git repository the Debian package is being developed on, default is master.
After importing the new sources on the upstream branch, gbp import-orig will try to merge the new
version onto this branch.

--upstream-vcs-tag=tag-format
Add tag-format as additional parent to the commit of the upstream tarball. Useful when upstream
uses git and you want to link to its revision history. The tag-format can be a pattern similar to
what --upstream-tag supports.

--[no-]sign-tags
GPG sign all created tags

--keyid=gpg-keyid
use this keyid for gpg signing tags

--upstream-tag=tag-format
use this tag format when tagging upstream versions, default is upstream/%(version)s

--import-msg=msg-format
use this format string for the commit message when importing upstream versions, default is
Imported Upstream version %(version)s

--filter=pattern
filter out files glob-matching pattern. Can be given multiple times.

--[no-]pristine-tar
generate pristine-tar delta file

--[no-]filter-pristine-tar
if using a filter, also filter the files out of the tarball passed to pristine-tar

--[no-]symlink-orig
Whether to create and keep a symlink from the upstream tarball to a Debian policy conformant
upstream tarball name located in ../.

This is a good idea if not using pristine-tar since it avoids creating a new tarball with a
different md5sum.

--postimport=cmd
run cmd after the import.

--uscan
Use uscan to fetch new upstream version.

--uscan
Download the tarball from the given HTTP URL. This needs python-request installed.

--[no-]interactive
Run command interactively, i.e. ask package name and version if needed.

EXAMPLES

       Download and import a new upstream version using the information from debian/watch

             gbp import-orig --uscan

       After downloading an upstream tarball by hand, import it

             gbp import-orig ../upstream-tarball-0.1.tar.gz

CONFIGURATION FILES

       Several  gbp.conf  files  are  parsed  to  set  defaults  for  the  above command-line arguments. See the
       gbp.conf(5)> manpage for details.

AUTHOR

       Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>

                                                 29 January 2016                              GBP-IMPORT-ORIG(1)